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The Perspective papers published in Journal of Applied Mechanics have attracted a lot of readers, such as the first perspective paper by Huajian Gao (Brown University) which has been downloaded for >8,000 times. A perspective paper, as invited by the editor of JAM, is very short (2~3 pages) and easy to read (like Readers' Digest) to reveal some emerging directions, or some important discoveries in clasical directions, in mechanics.

A perspective paper on flexoelectricity by Professor Pradeep Sharma (University of Houston) is published in the March (2016) issue of the Journal of Applied Mechanics. A perspective paper describes an important, emerging field in mechanics. The first perspective paper, by Professor Huajian Gao (Brown University), has been downloaded more than 8000 times since its publication. This new paper by Professor Sharma is the 3rd perspective paper published in JAM. The paper is attached.

Thanks to the efforts of the associate editors and reviewers, JAM continues to publish very fast. Among ~800 submissions in 2015, there are only 19 papers that are still under review as of February 1, 2016. In addition, the acceptance rate continues to decline, to ~16% in 2015.

Professor Richard Christensen, Stanford University, has published an interesting article "Evaluation of Ductile/Brittle Failure Theory and Derivation of the Ductile/Brittle Transition Temperature" in the February, 2016, issue of Journal of Applied Mechanics. This paper provides a very unique approach to ductile/brittle transition. The pdf file of the paper is attached.

JAM now publishes a new type of paper -- A Perspective. As invited by the Editor of JAM, the authors write a short (2~3 published pages) perspective paper on an emerging field, or an important new discovery, in mechanics. The inaugural perspective paper, "Toughening Graphene With Topological Defects: A Perspective" by Dr. Teng Zhang and Prof. Huajian Gao from Brown University, was published in the May issue, 2015. The PDF of the paper is attached.

Professor Richard Christensen (Stanford University) published Part III of his series of papers on the failure theory. This is a short, but interesting view-point paper. The paper is attached (JAM, April issue, 2015).

The submission to JAM in 2013 was ~42 manuscripts/month. Probably because of its rapid review process (1st round of review ~ 10 days, and 2nd round of review ~24 days including authors' revision time) and rapid publication (online within 48 hours after acceptance), the monthly submission is nearly doubled now. For example, the submission in December, 2014 is 78 in a single month.

Professor Kyung-Suk Kim's work on ruga mechanics, published in June, 2014 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A, has been included (#30) in Discover's 100 top stories of 2014 among the best in science from the past year in the 2015 January issue.

Journal of Applied Mechanics (JAM) received 280 submitted manuscripts during the first 6 months in 2014. Among them only 4 are still in review.

The average time for the 1st round of review, with the decision to accept, or reject, or revise, is reduced to 10 days. For those that need revisions, the average time to make the final decision is 24 days after the 1st round of review, which include both the authors' revision time and 2nd (and more) round(s) of review.

Fracking has been an important research topic in recent years. JAM just published a paper "Why Fracking Works" by Professor Zdenek Bazant and his co-authors (JAM, volume 81, paper 101010, 2014). This paper is of great interest, not only to mechanics, but also to engineers interested in fracking.

Journal of Applied Mechanics (JAM) received 526 submitted manuscripts in 2013. Among them 4 are still in review.

The average time for the 1st round of review, with the decision to accept, or reject, or revise, is 18 days. After the 1st round of review, the average time to make the final decision is 34 days, which include both the authors' revision time and 2nd (and more) round(s) of review.

After acceptane the uneditted manuscript appears online with the assigned DOI within 48 hours.